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FL RESIDENTSDISPOSE OF 58,000UNWANTED PILLS Nearly 60,000 unused or expiredprescription pills were turned in toauthorities in Broward County aspart of a prescription pill “takeback”event.
DEVELOPING TRUECOLLEGE FRIENDSHIPWITH KNIGHTSDispute Resolution Services,partof the Office of Student Rights andResponsibilities,will host aworkshop on friendship on July11,from 5 p.m.to 6 p.m.in theHercules Programming Center.
MIAMI BOMB SCARESUSPECT TO GETMENTAL HEALTH EVAL A mental health evaluation hasbeen ordered for the man policesay drove the hearse involved inMiami's bomb scare.Twenty-eight year-old Lee Lewiswas being held at a detentioncenter on $36,500 bond after ahearing Sunday.
Students of the UCFConservatory Theatreexperienced the lightning-fast pace of professionalacting during Summer B,managing to have a world-famous play ready foraudience approval in threeweeks.
Love, Sex and the IRS,which was originally writ-
ten by Billy Van Zandt andJane Milmore in the late1970s, was performed forthe first time at the univer-sity’s Black Box TheatreJuly 7.
According to Christo-pher Niess, director of theUCF Conservatory The-atre, the globally recog-nized play has been stagedmore than 1,000 timesworldwide.
“It was quite difficult
and rewarding at the sametime to present this play,”Niess said. “The shortsummer allows us to havea more dynamic schedule,but that also means lesstime to practice. This iswhat the schedule of pro-
PLEASE SEE LOVE ON A3
SALO STEINVORTZStaff Writer
Despite support from theOrlando community, WUCF-TV’sprocess to adopt PBS to its net-work has not gone without itsshare of obstacles.
According to Grant Heston,assistant vice president for UCFNews and Information, WUCFand WBCC had six weeks toupgrade their reception quality tohigh definition, reach agreementswith cable companies, launch awebsite and begin broadcasting.
“We did in six weeks whatmost stations have six months todo and that was create a new PBSbroadcast network,” Heston said.
WUCF is now in partnershipwith WBCC of Brevard Commu-nity College to offer public broad-casting via PBS.
Heston said that funding forWUCF-TV and WBCC has been achallenge from the beginning.
On the same day WUCF-TVlaunched, July 1, Governor RickScott vetoed $4.8 million in fund-ing for public broadcasting.
“The partnership lost about$50,300, and Brevard lost $300plus. We will have to be moreaggressive about getting fundingand more efficient in how we
WUCFlaunchesdespiteobstaclesStation survivesafter Gov. Scott’s veto
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Popular comedy comes together in weeks
KATIE DEES / CENTRAL FLORIDA FUTURE
Michael Atteo, left, and Robert Svetlik, right, play out-of-work musicians namedJon and Leslie who file tax returns as a married couple to save money.
Sexy satire steals the stage
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CAMILLE THOMASStaff Writer
KATIE DEES / CENTRAL FLORIDA FUTURE
Since its approval and launch,WUCF TV hasundergone a speedy process to adopt PBS into itsnetwork.
Caring for the coast
UCF students have beenworking to save historicshell mounds around Flori-da’s coast from erosion usingnatural solutions.
Using a method known as“living shorelines,” or imple-menting the installation ofoyster mats, spartina grassand mangroves to absorb theenergy of the tide, theirefforts have garnered nation-al attention.
“We have recentlyreceived funding from theNational Park Service tobegin living shoreline stabi-lization of five additionalshell middens withinCanaveral NationalSeashore,” Dr. Linda Walters,UCF professor of biology,said. “We will be looking forvolunteers to help prepareand deploy materials overthe next 12 months.”
Field & Stream recentlyacknowledged the team as“Heroes for a Day” becauseof their efforts to save TurtleMound, a historical NativeAmerican site located inNew Smyrna Beach, fromerosion.
“Greg Harrision, who wemet through the CoastalConservation Associationand who volunteers on myprojects, was the magazine’shero,” said Walters, UCF’sresident oyster expert.“Through this, we receivedsupport for our project fromField and Steam and every-
one who participated thatweekend were called Heroesfor a Day.”
On April 31, Walters andmore than 250 volunteerscovered more than 200meters of shoreline in anattempt to stop erosion ofthe largest shell midden inthe state.
A midden, according tothe American Heritage Dic-tionary of the English Lan-guage, is a mound or depositcontaining shells, animalbones or other materials thatindicates the site of a humansettlement.
Turtle Mound shows thehistory of the Timucua tribe.
“It contains a lot of theirrefuse, including oyster andclam shells, fish and mam-mal bones, pottery, etc.,thereby giving us a glimpseof the amazing history of thearea and are extremely
important to Native Ameri-can cultures,” Walters said.“This midden dates back tothe year 700 and will beexcavated later this monthby National Park Servicearcheologists.”
It took nearly two years toput the two-day eventtogether.
“We had dozens of volun-teer events to prepare theoyster shell mats,” Walterssaid. “We began workingwith teachers in seven cen-tral Florida schools inAugust to grow mangrovesand spartina. Then, therewere over 100 pages of per-mitting. Getting all the mate-rials procured and on site,and finding and organizingvolunteers, were all compli-cated and fun jobs. It was anamazing weekend, so it didall come together reallywell.”
Colleen Devlin, a second-year conservation biology
Students preventshoreline erosion
JORDAN SNYDERSenior Staff Writer
PHOTOS COURTESY DR. LINDA WALTERS
UCF biology professor Dr. Linda Walters and a team of students lay oyster mats, which isone of the ways to provide natural shoreline protection, at Turtle Mound in New Smyrna.
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Developing true collegefriendship with Knights
Dispute ResolutionServices, part of theOffice of Student Rightsand Responsibilities, willhost a workshop onfriendship on July 11, from5 p.m. to 6 p.m. in theHercules ProgrammingCenter.
The workshop willteach students what char-acteristics make a persona good friend and how todeal with issues thatcould test a friendship.
Students are encour-aged to bring a friend,roommate and/or class-mate. Freshmen studentscan earn 500 LINK pointsfor attending. No RSVP isrequired, but attendancewill taken.
For more informationon the event, visithttp://www.drs.sdes.ucf.edu or contact JenniferWright at 407-823-4544 [email protected].
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Fla.residents dispose of58,000 unwanted pills
WESTON — About58,000 unused or expiredprescription pills wereturned in to authorities inBroward County as part ofa prescription pill “takeback” event.
Hundreds of peopleshowed up Saturday at theSheriff’s Office to turn in58,000 prescription pillsand shred 15,000 docu-ments. Participants of thepill-take-back program,also called OperationMedicine Cabinet, aregiven $5 gift cards.
Miami bomb scare suspect to get mental health eval
MIAMI GARDENS — Amental health evaluationhas been ordered for theman police say drove thehearse involved in Miami’sbomb scare.
Twenty-eight year-oldLee Lewis was being held ata detention center on$36,500 bond after a hearingSunday.
Police found Lewis’abandoned hearse on Fri-day filled with whatappeared to be a cache ofweapons, ammunition androcket launchers. Authori-ties later said the weaponswere fake replicas. Theinvestigation closed majorhighways and snarled trafficfor hours.
According to hisMySpace page, Lewis sayshe’s a fetish model and fire-play entertainer.
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Alumnus styles in the city
UCF alumnus Jacob Glasermoved from UCF to NYC after grad-uating in 2009 with a degree in inter-disciplinary studies with minors inmarketing and history. Glaser, whoworks as a wardrobe assistant inNew York, spends his days stylingmodels and assisting on photoshoots.
Glaser said he has always had anappreciation for playing dress-upbut had no idea that he could make acareer out of it.
The Central Florida Future hadthe opportunity to interview Glaserabout his time at Vogue Japan,styling celebrities and life in the BigApple.
CCeennttrraall FFlloorriiddaa FFuuttuurree:: Tell me abit about yourself.
JJaaccoobb GGllaasseerr:: I am 23 years young,I have a terrible sweet tooth and themajority of my closet was purchasedat thrift stores. Not to mention thefact that I truly believe that I was sep-arated at birth from my other half,Beyoncé.
CCFFFF:: When did you decide youwanted to be a stylist?
GGllaasseerr:: When I was working atVogue Japan, I was exposed to theprofession and realized there isnothing else I’d rather do. I went onto freelance on advertising cam-paigns for Bergdorf Goodman, DeltaAir Lines and Banana Republic.
CCFFFF:: When did you move toNYC? What was that like?
GGllaasseerr:: I moved to New York twoweeks after I graduated. I was con-vinced I could find a place to live anda job within a week. In actuality, ittook a month to find an apartmentand two months before I wasemployed.
CCFFFF:: How did you land your firststyling job?
GGllaasseerr:: I found my first styling jobthrough Craigslist. It pays to con-stantly check job listings online.
CCFFFF:: What was it like to work atVogue?
GGllaasseerr:: Mind-blowing. My firstday in the office I saw the entireGivenchy couture collection. Theclothes were spectacular, but there isso much more that goes into themagazine than I had ever consideredwhile flipping through them before. Iwas most impressed by the collabo-ration of so many different depart-ments that create and see a photoshoot through to fruition. It was areally moving moment when I heldthe first issue I worked on, knowingthe amount of hard work so manyput into it.
CCFFFF:: Where do you work cur-rently?
GGllaasseerr:: Gilt Groupe (gilt.com) asa wardrobe assistant.
CCFFFF:: Describe a day in the life ofyour job.
GGllaasseerr:: On a daily basis, I am onset, styling products for the site. If we
are doing a “ready-to-wear” shoot,which is clothing shot on a model, Iact as an assistant to the stylist. I prepthe clothes, create the shotlists anddress the models. If I am on a “still-life” shoot, I am styling the individ-ual shots and the editorial for thebrand.
CCFFFF:: What is it like to live inNYC?
GGllaasseerr:: It is a very different envi-ronment. I really enjoy public trans-portation, I am so much more pro-ductive during my commute now;I’m able to read on the train, and nowthat it’s summer, I bike everywhere. Ilove that the city gives you the free-dom to be who you want to be.
CCFFFF:: How did your time at UCFhelp you with your current job?
GGllaasseerr:: My degree really empha-sized individuality and versatility.This has come in quite handy, espe-cially with working in an industry Ihad no schooling for. UCF taught methe importance of networking and totake advantage of every opportunitygiven to you.
CCFFFF:: Have you ever styledcelebrities?
GGllaasseerr:: I’ve assisted on quite afew shoots with celebrities. I workedwith Scarlett Johansson once, andshe gave me really great advice onwhere to go shoe shopping in thecity, although her recommendationswere slightly out of my price range(like thousands out of my pricerange).
CCFFFF:: What do you like mostabout your job?
GGllaasseerr:: There is never a dullmoment. Every day presents newsets of challenges that stress theimportance of teamwork, and wework together to overcome andinspire our customers with eachphoto shoot we create.
CCFFFF:: Any predictions for fall fash-ion this year?
GGllaasseerr:: This fall, it looks like a lotseveral designers were inspired byOrlando’s very own Minnie Mouse,as polka dots covered many looksmaking their way down the runway.
CCFFFF:: Do you have any advice forpeople thinking about working inthe fashion industry?
GGllaasseerr:: My advice to those look-ing to get into the fashion industry isto start early. I wish I wouldn’t havewaited to intern until my junior yearof college. A degree is essential, butexperience distinguishes you.
BRANDI BROXSONNews Editor
Appreciation for fashionturns into styling career
PHOTOS COURTESY OF JACOB GLASER
UCF alumnus Jacob Glaser moved from UCF to New York City after graduating in 2009. Glaser works as awardrobe assistant and spends his days styling models and assisting on photo shoots.
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fessional actors is like.”The comedy tells the story of
two unemployed male musiciansliving in New York City whohave been filing tax returns as amarried couple in order to savemoney, until an agent of theInternal Revenue Service (IRS)goes to investigate the marriage.
According to Niess, Love, Sexand the IRS is a farce, which is acomedy that uses crude andsometimes vulgar humor, con-taining a theme of mistakenidentities and other ridiculousplot twists. It also moves at afrenzied pace toward a climaxand requires an actor’s full atten-tion and a great deal of physicalstamina.
The time constraint alsomeant less time to assemble aproduction and design team,which was responsible fororganizing play componentssuch as lighting, costumes, andsound.
This sort of play could haveproven difficult for the cast inthe short amount of time theyhad to practice, and some of theeight UCF student actorsinvolved had never acted in onebefore.
“Farces are one of the mostdifficult plays to learn becausethey are so fast paced,” Niesssaid. “You can’t do a farce andslow down all of the reactions,slow down all of the motivationsof the actors, or else the audi-ence gets bored.”
To freshman criminal justicemajor and play attendee,Danielle Barnes, the actors per-formed their roles with no signsof inexperience.
“The acting was flawless,”Barnes said. “It seemed as if theyweren’t even actors but ratherpeople that happened to bethemselves on stage.”
This was Barnes’ first timewatching a UCF play, and whatcaptivated her attention the mostwas the acting, she said.
The cast included profession-al actor Jason Nettle, an actinggraduate student at UCF andmember of the Actors Equity
Association, who returned fromNew York City for this produc-tion.
According to Nettle, one ofthe most difficult aspects of theplay was working with actors notfamiliar with the pace of farces.He also cited the challenge as
one of his favorite parts of theexperience.
“Having people on a stagehaving to figure out the intensityof movement and organizedchaos is not easy, but the processis fun and rewarding in the end,”Nettle said.
Nettle said that, as a profes-sional actor, playing his rolereminded him how acting is aconstant learning process in howto become more comfortablewith complex characters.
Love, Sex and the IRS will runfrom July 7-17 on Thursdays-Sun-
days. The shows will begin at 8p.m. Thursday, Friday and Satur-day, and at 2 p.m. on Sundays.
To purchase tickets or forticket information, call the boxoffice at (407) 823-1500 or visitthe website athttp://theatre.ucf.edu.
‘Love, Sex and the IRS’ cast moves at frenzied paceFROM A1
PHOTOS BY KATIE DEES / CENTRAL FLORIDA FUTURE
Above left:Trevin Cooper plays IRS agent Floyd Spinner and Allison Walter plays Connie in the UCF Conservatory Theatre’s play Love, Sex and the IRS. Above right: Kelly Kilgore, who portrays VivianTrachtman, readies herself to wake the slumbering Spinner during a scene of the fast-moving comedy performed in the UCF Black Box Theatre.
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CAPE CANAVERAL —In a flight full of passion,Atlantis made the finaldocking in shuttle historySunday, pulling up at theInternational Space Sta-tion with a year’s worth ofsupplies.
The station’s naval bellchimed a salute as Atlantisdocked 240 miles abovethe Pacific.
“Atlantis arriving,”called out space stationastronaut Ronald Garan Jr.“Welcome to the Interna-tional Space Station for thelast time.”
“And it’s great to behere,” replied shuttle com-mander Christopher Fer-guson.
It’s the final docking toa space station ever by aNASA shuttle. Atlantis isbeing retired after thisflight, the last of the 30-year shuttle program.
Excitement grewthroughout the morning —in orbit and at MissionControl — as the milesmelted between the twospacecraft with every cir-cling of Earth. Every land-mark, or rather spacemark,of this final two-week shut-tle mission is beingsavored.
Mission Control’s leadflight director, KwatsiAlibaruho, declared “this isit” as he gave the OK forthe historic linkup.
This was the 46th dock-ing by a space shuttle to aspace station.
Nine of those were toRussia’s Mir station back inthe mid-1990s, withAtlantis making the veryfirst. The U.S. and Russiabuilt on that sometimesprecarious experience tocreate, along with a dozenother nations, the world’slargest spacecraft ever: thepermanently inhabited,finally completed, 12-year-old International SpaceStation.
This time, Atlantis isdelivering more than 4tons of food, clothes andother space station provi-sions — an entire year’sworth, in fact, to keep thecomplex going in thelooming post-shuttle era.
Ferguson was at thecontrols as Atlantis drewcloser, leading the smallestastronaut crew in decades.
Only four are flyingaboard Atlantis, as NASAkept the crew to a mini-mum in case of an emer-gency. In the unlikely eventthat Atlantis was seriouslydamaged, the shuttle astro-nauts would need to moveinto the space station formonths and rely on Russ-ian Soyuz capsules to get
back home. A shuttlealways was on standbybefore for a possible res-cue, but that’s no longerfeasible with Discoveryand Endeavour officiallyretired now.
Two days into this his-toric voyage — the 135th in30 years of shuttle flight —Atlantis was said by NASAto be sailing smoothly, freeof damage. Sunday’s dock-ing proved to be as flawlessas Friday’s liftoff.
As a safeguard, Atlantisperformed the usual back-flip for the space stationcameras, before the linkup.The station astronautsused powerful zoom lens-es to photograph all sidesof the shuttle. Experts onthe ground will scrutinizethe digital images for anysigns of damage that mighthave come from fuel-tankfoam, ice or other launchdebris.
NASA, meanwhile, con-tinued to bask in the after-glow of Friday’s liftoff. Aspart of Sunday morning’smail to Atlantis, MissionControl sent up a 4-inchimage of a shuttle madeentirely of exclamationpoints.
Flight controllers jokedthat the city of Philadel-phia — Ferguson’s home-town — is arranging forLincoln Financial Field tocut its turf in the shape ofthe crew’s mission patch.
“The mayor was quotedas saying, ‘As long as theNFL lockout is still ongo-
ing and the Eagles aren’tplaying, we might as welluse the stadium for some-thing,’” controllers wrotein the so-called newsbreak.
Atlantis and its crewwill spend more than aweek at the orbiting com-plex. The shuttle flight cur-rently is scheduled to last12 days, but NASA likelywill add a 13th day to givethe astronauts extra time
to complete all theirchores.
NASA is getting out ofthe launching-to-orbitbusiness, giving Atlantis,Endeavour and Discoveryto museums, so it can startworking on human trips toasteroids and Mars. PrivateU.S. companies will pickup the more mundane jobof space station deliveryruns and, still several yearsout, astronaut ferry flights.
Final space connection: Atlantis docks at stationMARCIA DUNN
Associated Press
PHOTOS BY ASSOCIATED PRESS / NASA-TVSpace shuttle Atlantis performing a pitch maneuver as it closes in for one lastdocking at the International Space Station, Sunday, July 10.
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operate,” Heston said.The “Keep PBS in Orlando”
campaign, an initiative to pre-serve public broadcasting in thearea, has made a statewideeffort to support WUCF-TV,Anna Eskamani, a senior politi-cal science major and co-cre-ator of the campaign, said.
Eskamani said “Keep PBS inOrlando” will help withfundraising in the fall and solic-it donations as well as volun-teers for WUCF-TV.
“There’s always a reason tokeep fighting. We’re definitelymoving forward,” Eskamanisaid in reference to the cam-paign’s support of WUCF-TV.
“We launched a petition withsingup.org, as well as photo andvideo petitions, so we’ve beenemailing people to sign the peti-tion to get an override,” Eska-mani said. “I’ve been able tosend our promotional video to26,000 people and have gottengood feedback.”
National PBS stations thatare affiliated with universitiestend to be more successful thanfree standing stations, Hestonsaid. Funding is expected fromUCF, viewer and corporations.
“Support from around thecountry has been great, andfrom the state,” Heston said.“We plan to listen to the com-munity, hear what they want tosee and what they want theirchannel to be. Ultimately, wewant to adjust and create achannel that makes centralFlorida proud.”
UCFTV, now a sub-channelof WUCF-TV, will likely be rein-vented with a different missionand a new identity, Heston said.
Heston said UCF’s existingrelationship with BCC is veryimportant, and that partner-ships with the national PBSorganization and Bright HouseNetworks are incredibly helpfulin WUCF-TV’s broadcast.
According to Heston, their“energy, enthusiasm and knowl-edge have been helpful and a joyto work with.”
Kate Junco, director of mar-
keting and media relations forBrevard Community College,agrees.
“The best part of the past fewmonths has been combining thestrengths and talents of bothinstitutions together to formsomething even greater than wecould have realized on ourown,” Junco said.
Heston also credited Presi-dent John C. Hitt and BrevardCommunity College for keepingup with the commitment, onewhich allows more families, likethat of UCF alumnus KianShafie, to spend more time athome watching family-friendlybroadcasting.
“It’s nice to be able to watchSaturday evening comedy withthe family. I think it’s important,especially for the kids whowould watch the programs,”Shafie said. “Everyone has theopportunities to see those pro-grams. I’m extremely happy andgrateful that UCF has adoptedPBS.”
UCFTV and WUCF-TV areboth available for students liv-ing on campus. Listings for localchannels and cable providerscan be found on wucftv.org.
Community support fuels public broadcastingFROM A1
COURTESY ANNA ESKAMANI
Anna Eskamani, senior political science major and co-creator of the “Keep PBS in Orlando”campaign, sports a pin at the UCF Board of Trustees meeting.
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graduate student, wasone of the many studentvolunteers at TurtleMound.
According to Devlin,she used her independ-ent study with Walters tovolunteer with the TurtleMound project.
Devlin was driven tovolunteer due to thebeauty of the shoreline, alove of the outdoors anda strong interest inshoreline restoration.
“I thought it was coolto be a part of somethingmuch bigger,” Devlinsaid.
According to Walters,all of the volunteers weredelighted to be recog-nized for their efforts tosave Turtle Mound, asthey knew that the workthey were doing for theenvironment was impor-tant.
Jennifer Manis, a sec-ond-year graduate stu-dent in the biology pro-gram, used the efforts toreduce erosion at TurtleMound as part of her the-sis, “Living Shorelines in
Communities.”“Our project was basi-
cally to place ecological-ly friendly types ofshoreline restoration totry to mitigate the ero-sion caused by boatwakes,” Manis said.
Although TurtleMound is now safe fromerosion, there are stillmany more shell mid-
dens that need protec-tion from the elements.Walters and Manis havealready begun testing onother areas of the IndianRiver.
“Many shorelines inthe Indian River Lagoonare rapidly eroding dueto boat wakes, windwakes and sea level rise,”Walters said.
Shoreline saviorsturn to Indian RiverFROM A1
COURTESY DR. LINDA WALTERS
UCF students monitor the progress of where oyster mats have been previously secured to preserve the shoreline.
WASHINGTON —President Barack Obamahasn’t given up on gettingcongressional leaders toaccept a $4 trillion debtreduction deal thatRepublicans have rejectedfor its tax increases andDemocrats dislike for itscuts to programs for sen-iors and the poor, adminis-tration officials said hoursbefore talks resumed Sun-day.
“He’s not someone towalk away from a toughfight,” presidential chief ofstaff William Daley said.“Everyone agrees that anumber around $4 trillionis the number that will ...make a serious dent in ourdeficit.”
But House and SenateRepublican leaders nowsay the largest of three pro-posals under consideration
would not pass the GOP-led House because of itstax increases, an abruptshift in negotiation overthe terms of raising thenation’s debt ceiling beforean Aug. 2 deadline.
House Speaker JohnBoehner, R-Ohio,announced late Saturdaythat he was rejecting thatproposal. Heading into thetalks at 6 p.m. EDT, the topSenate Republican, MitchMcConnell of Kentucky,suggested the deal wasdead.
“I think it is,”McConnell said. Raisingtaxes amid 9.2 percentunemployment, he added,“is a terrible idea. It’s a jobkiller.”
The back-and-forth onthe Sunday morning talkshows came hours beforeObama and eight lawmak-ers of both parties were toconvene at the WhiteHouse over a plan to raise
the nation’s borrowingcapacity from $14.3 trillionbefore next month’s dead-line, when administrationofficials say the nationwould default on its debts.
Republicans havedemanded that any plan toraise the borrowing limitbe coupled with massivespending cuts to lightenthe burden of governmenton the struggling economy.Higher taxes, Republicanshave said from the start,are deal-killers if not offsetelsewhere.
But Obama has a longway to go to satisfy law-makers in his own party,too. Many Democrats areunnerved by the presi-dent’s $4 trillion proposalbecause of its changes toMedicare and Medicaid.
Political pain is part ofthe deal, too, and should beworth bearing, Daley said,adding that Obama wascalling on lawmakers to“step up and be leaders.”
He cast Obama as unin-terested, for now, in twomore modest proposals toraise the debt limit for ashorter time, in exchangefor smaller spending cuts.But Daley and TreasurySecretary Timothy Geithn-er used rhetoric thatappeared to acknowledgethe prospects for the $4trillion deal could be indoubt.
“We’re going to try toget the biggest deal possi-ble,” Geithner said.
He cautioned that apackage about half the sizeof the one Obama preferswould be equally tough tonegotiate because it, too,could require hundreds ofbillions in new tax revenue.
Expectations for Sun-day’s meeting took anabrupt turn after Boehnerinformed Obama that apackage of about $2 trillionidentified but not agreed toby bipartisan negotiatorswas more realistic.
In a statement, Boehnersaid: “Despite good-faithefforts to find commonground, the White Housewill not pursue a biggerdebt reduction agreementwithout tax hikes.”
A bipartisan group oflawmakers led by VicePresident Joe Biden hadalready identified, but notsigned off on, about $2 tril-lion in deficit reductions,most accomplishedthrough spending cuts.
“I believe the bestapproach may be to focuson producing a smallermeasure, based on the cutsidentified in the Biden-lednegotiations, that stillmeets our call for spendingreforms and cuts greaterthan the amount of anydebt limit increase,”Boehner said.
After holding a secret
meeting with Boehner lastweekend, Obama and aidessaid they believed an evenbigger figure was attain-able if both parties madepolitically painful, butpotentially historic, choic-es.
A Republican officialfamiliar with the discus-sions said taxes and themajor health and retire-ment entitlement pro-grams continued to besticking points.
Obama wanted Repub-licans to accept closingsome corporate tax loop-holes and subsidies to cor-porations, ending a taxfriendly inventoryaccounting system forbusinesses, as well asreducing the value of taxdeductions for wealthytaxpayers.
A senior administration
official said the discussionon taxes broke down overthe administration’s desireto have the wealthy pick upa bigger share of the taxrevenue load than Republi-cans were willing toaccept.
The official, speakingon the condition ofanonymity because of thesensitivity of the negotia-tions, said the $2 trillion to$2.4 trillion in deficitreduction identified by theBiden-led negotiationsremains under negotiationand will also require somenew tax revenue of up to$400 billion.
Daley was on ABC’s“This Week,” McConnellappeared on “Fox NewsSunday” and Geithner wasinterviewed on NBC’s“Meet the Press” and CBS’“Face the Nation.”
President Obama not giving up on debt dealLAURIE KELLMAN
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U.S.Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner talks about the debt crisis on CBS’s “Facethe Nation”in Washington Sunday, July 10.Geithner said Sunday that the Obamaadministration wants to seek “the biggest deal possible”on debt reduction.
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U.S.BEATS BRAZIL INWOMEN’S WC SEMIFINALS
DRESDEN, Germany — TheAmericans are moving on to thesemifinals after one of the mostexciting games ever at the Women’sWorld Cup — winning 5-3 on penaltykicks after a 2-2 tie.
Abby Wambach scored a thrillinggoal Sunday to tie it in the 122ndminute, and former St. Louis Athleticagoalkeeper Hope Solo denied theBrazilians again.
The U.S. made its first three penaltykicks, and Cristiane and Marta easilymatched them. But then it was Daiane’sturn, the same Daiane who’d given theU.S. a 1-0 lead with an own goal in thesecond minute. She tried to go nearpost, but Solo batted it away.
The U.S. still had two more to make,but Megan Rapinoe buried a blast andAli Krieger converted hers, too, sendingthe Americans racing onto the field incelebration.
The U.S. plays France on Wednesdayin the semifinals. Game two will featureJapan versus Sweden.
BRITISH OPEN WITHOUTMONTGOMERIE
INVERNESS, Scotland — The BritishOpen will be without ColinMontgomerie next week for the firsttime since 1989 after the veteran Scotran out of steam at the Scottish Openon Sunday.
The former Europe Ryder Cup captainneeded a top-five finish at Castle Stuartto stand a chance of making nextweek’s tournament in Sandwich, andhe briefly held a share of the leadfollowing a birdie at the par-5 No. 6.
However, a disastrous double-bogeyon the short 11th — which came afterhe missed the green with his tee shotand then fluffed a short chip — notonly cost him a shot at victory in theHighlands but also an opportunity toseal his Open place.
“It was going well and then I sort ofran out of puff,”he said. “It was alwaystoo soon, too short. So there you go. Aweek off next week.”
After bogeys at Nos. 13 and 14,Montgomerie responded by makingthree straight birdies but a final-round70 wasn’t enough. He must now waituntil Lytham St. Anne’s in 2012 foranother chance to win the Open.
The closest the eight-time EuropeanOrder of Merit champion has come towinning his home major was in 2005,when he finished second to TigerWoods by five strokes at St. Andrews.He may never get as close again, but hevowed to continue giving it a go.
“We’ll have to start again, that’s allwe’ve got,”he said.
After finishing the second round atCastle Stuart early on Sunday at 8under — a target he had set forhimself Saturday — to lie three shotsoff the pace, Montgomerie gave thehome fans renewed hope with an eagleon the par-5 No. 2 to close in on theleaders.
His birdie at No. 6 drew himalongside five others at the top of theleaderboard but that was as close as hecame, finishing with a 10-under 206.
Montgomerie slipped to No. 420 inthe rankings during his two-year spellas Ryder Cup captain and is attemptingto get back into the top 50. He iscurrently No. 285.
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Although no games arebeing played, July is a crucialmonth for college baseballteams. It’s a last-minute scurryfor recruiters seeking outunsigned, elite high school andjunior college talent to fill theholes left from the MLB draftand graduation.
After Knights head coachTerry Rooney picked Joe Mer-cadante as UCF’s new recruit-ing coordinator, the twoimmediately got to workrecruiting for the Knights,attempting to fill major voidsin the infield. UCF has loststarters at catcher, first base,third base and pitcher.
Mercadante is currently ona recruiting trip for theKnights in Georgia, likelylooking to build depth in thepitching bullpen and in the
infield. Although most of theKnights’ replacements willcome from players already onthe roster and will likely notsee many freshmen playing asstarters, UCF will have to lookto add depth.
CatcherLLoossss:: Beau Taylor, fifth
round, Oakland A’sRReeppllaacceemmeenntt:: The Knights
recruited local standout TylerMarlette of Hagerty HighSchool to replace Taylor. How-ever, Marlette was drafted inthe fifth round by the SeattleMariners. If Marlette opts tosign professionally with theMariners, the Knights willlikely look to replace Taylorwith Ryan Breen, who has pre-viously seen time behind the
plate. Mercadante is a formercollegiate catcher and willwork with and tutor Breen andMarlette (or any other fresh-man who comes in).
If Marlette opts to stickwith his original commitmentto the Knights, he very welllikely can be the lone fresh-man starter for the Knights onthe diamond next season.
First baseLLoossss:: Jonathan Griffin, 21st
round, Arizona Diamond-backs
RReeppllaacceemmeenntt:: D.J. Hicks willlikely step up
and start
at first. Hicks was the designat-ed hitter last season and haseven seen time on the mound,but he will likely sharpen up atthe position over the summerin the Cape Cod SummerLeague and replace Griffin.
Playing at first base will alsogreatly improve Hicks’ draftstock. Despite being a DickHowser Award finalist, hewent undrafted. Mercadantewill have to look to fill Hicks’spot in the lineup at DH.
Third baseLLoossss:: Derek Luciano, 44th
round, Arizona Diamond-backs
RReeppllaacceemmeenntt:: Chris Tala-day has seen time at third basebefore and can be a viableoption for the Knights if Mer-cadante and Rooney are
unable to scoop up a recruit.If he does not replaceLuciano at third, Taladay,
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a utility player, will eithersee time behind the plate,in the outfield or at DH.
PitcherLLoosssseess:: Danny Win-
kler, 20th round, ColoradoRockies
Chase Bradford, 35thround, New York Mets
Nick Cicio, Free agent,Minnesota Twins
RReeppllaacceemmeennttss:: Alongwith losing Winkler, Brad-ford and Cicio to the pros,the Knights also lost fourmore pitchers to gradua-tion. However, the
Knights will be fine atpitcher.
Rooney and Mer-cadante will heavilyrecruit the position andhave a valuable ace inChris Matulis to use nextyear. Matulis, who sat outlast year after transferringfrom LSU, was drafted in
the 29th round by the St.Louis Cardinals despitenot having played a game.Matulis will likely start onFriday nights.
The Knights pitchingstaff will look very differ-ent next season, but willbe headlined by new faceswith pro-potential.
Like any sports fanatic,ESPN is usually the chan-nel that my TV is set to.There aren’t too manysports on TV, being that it’sJuly, so I’ve been watchingthe FIFA Women’s WorldCup.
Truthfully, I don’t typi-cally watch or followwomen’s sports, but oneday I had nothing better todo and tuned in to a matchbetween the United Statesand Colombia.
Twelve minutes into thematch, Heather O’Reillyripped a gorgeous ball pastthe Colombian keeper intothe back of the net.
O’Reilly’s goal had mehooked and convinced.
Fast forward to the quar-terfinals.
The match betweenBrazil and U.S., despite theawful officiating, was oneof the most epic World Cupmatches I’ve seen, men’s orwomen’s.
Between Brazil’s Martaand her beautiful Brazilianplay, Hope Solo’s brilliantsaves and Abby Wambach’sgame-tying header to bringthe match into penalties, itwas a game for the ages.
So when the U.S.‘s AllyKrieger drilled the match-winning penalty kickagainst Brazil’s keeper toadvance to the semifinals ofthe World Cup, I realizedsomething: soccer is themost entertaining profes-sional women’s sport. Notgolf, basketball or tennis.
Why is ESPN shovingthe WNBA down ourthroats and not WPS —Women’s Professional Soc-cer?
I’d rather watch a gamebetween the Western NewYork Flash and magicJackof Boca Raton featuringMarta, Alex Morgan andSolo over Diana Taurasiunsuccessfully attemptingto dunk with a much small-er basketball than malesuse.
Women’s soccer usesthe same size net and ball
as men’s, which, if anything,makes it more difficult forwomen to play.
According to GrantWahl of Sports Illustrated,shorter and smaller goalkeepers in women’s soccergive an idea of what largergoals in a men’s gamewould look like. There ismore space available verti-cally for goal-scorers, andgoal keepers have to beable to make more acrobat-ic saves.
I’ve also observed thatwomen’s soccer playerstake significantly fewerdives than males, whichcalls for a more entertain-ing match.
The talent discrepancyis obvious between theNBA and the WNBA; play-ers in the WNBA simplyaren’t as fast as NBA play-ers, can’t jump as high ordunk. But is the talent dis-crepancy as obviousbetween the WPS and the,let’s say, MLS? I don’t thinkso.
According to SportsIllustrated, women’s socceris more competitive andmore watched than ever,averaging record viewer-ship of millions in the U.S.during the World Cup.
For a comparison, theWNBA averages about400,000 viewers per game.All things considered,ESPN needs to look into atelevision contract with theWPS.
The Women’s WorldCup has been extremelyentertaining so far and hasproven something signifi-cant to sports fans acrossthe U.S. — women’s sportscan be entertaining.
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The U.S. team celebrates after United States' Heather O Reilly, 2nd right, scored the opening goal during the group C match between the U.S. and Colombia at theWomen’s Soccer World Cup in Sinsheim, Germany, Saturday, July 2.
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United States goalkeeper Hope Solo jumps in celebration after the U.S. won in a penalty shootout the quarterfinal match between Brazil and the U.S. at the Women’sSoccer World Cup.
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dult obesity is becom-ing a serious prob-lem, but it’s one that
we can work toward fixing.An annual report from
the Trust for America’sHealth and the Robert WoodFoundation finds that adultobesity rates have increasedin 16 states and not declinedin a single one. The report,titled “F as in Fat: How Obe-sity Threatens America’sFuture,” shows that in 38states, more than 25 percentof the population is obese.
What makes it worse isthat the problem has grownconsistently over the pasttwo decades. Twenty yearsago, no state had an obesityrate higher than 15 percent,according to the WashingtonPost. The new figures for the38 states show an alarmingtrend that we need to com-bat in order to keep Ameri-cans healthy.
Those who suffer fromobesity run a series of risksto their health. According tothe National Cancer Insti-tute, obesity increases therisk of coronary heart dis-ease, high blood pressureand diabetes. The Institutesays that it also increases therisk of cancers of the breast,endometrium, colon, kidneyand esophagus.
The trend can bechanged, but it will require afocus on education. Accord-
ing to the Post, more than 33percent of adults whoearned less than $15,000 ayear were obese, comparedwith 24.6 percent of thosewho made at least $50,000 ayear. Also, nearly 33 percentof adults that did not gradu-ate from high school areobese, compared with 21.5percent of those who gradu-ated from college or techni-cal college, according to thePost.
These numbers clearlyshow that education is animportant factor in fightingobesity. Higher levels of edu-cation and training meanbetter paying jobs, and theseindividuals are more likely tohave time to cook food athome or invest in healthierchoices. One possible reasonfor this is that those with lessmeans find themselves buy-ing inexpensive meals thatare not healthy.
State governments willalso have to step in andmake sure that governmentaid is not directed towardunhealthy items. One unfor-tunate example comes fromKentucky, which is currentlythe seventh-fattest state inthe country, according to theGlasgow Daily Times. Thestate is currently being lob-bied by Yum!, the parentcompany of Kentucky FriedChicken, to allow residentsto be able to buy fast food
with food stamps.Supporters of this idea
argue that having foodstamps go to fast foodrestaurants helps those whodon’t live near grocery storesbut still need to feed theirfamilies. Also, there are notrestrictions on these stampsto stop people from buyingunhealthy food at grocerystores. State governmentswill have to address thisissue, as well as providenutritional training to fami-lies so that they know thehealthier options available tothem.
Education and nutritionaltraining alone won’t do thetrick though. We all will haveto take it upon ourselves tobe more physically active.The National Cancer Insti-tute finds that the chief caus-es of obesity are a sedentarylifestyle and the excess con-sumption of high-caloriefoods. In order to turn obesi-ty rates around, people willhave to make these changeson their own, but there ismuch that we can do as acountry to move this processalong.
Fighting obesity willimprove the health of ourcitizens. It is vitally impor-tant that we make this anational priority if we are toget serious about bendingthe cost curve on health carein America.
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Shock and awe sum-marized the sentimentsof my co-workers, half ofwhom were stuffed intoone room, as they lis-tened to the verdict inthe Casey Anthony trial.I too could feel anger anddisappointment wellingup inside of me becauseof the decision.
Eventually, however,this anger turned into aquestion that, on the faceof it, is absurd, but upon furtherreflection, is immensely interestingand important: was Anthony’sacquittal necessarily unjust?
This question is interesting evenif we assume that Anthony wasguilty. The answer hinges on whatwe mean when we say “unjust.”This, of course, raises a timelessquestion: what is justice? This “sim-ple” question has perplexedphilosophers for ages, and being astudent of philosophy, I’m naturallyinterested in such questions.
This question is not just forthose who have their heads stuck inthe clouds. It is a question for legaland medical experts and for entre-preneurs and their employees, all ofwhom must determine what is justfrom their own unique perspective.It is also a question for citizens of anation that fought for its independ-ence because its motherland was“deaf to the voice of justice,” and forhuman beings everywhere who rec-ognize their dignity. This is a ques-tion for you and me.
So, let’s ask: what is justice? Toattempt to settle this question inthis brief opinion piece would kindof be like trying to find parking inGarage B at noon during the firstweek of UCF’s fall semester, but wecan at least examine two answers tothe question. One view is oftencalled the “retributive view” of jus-tice. Another view is often referredto as the “rehabilitationist view.” Isuspect that if the second view iscorrect, then it is possible thatAnthony’s acquittal could be just,but I am getting ahead of myself.Let’s unpack what these viewsentail first.
We have all heard this before: aneye for an eye, and a tooth for atooth. This is basically the retribu-tive view of justice. In this view, jus-tice is about satisfying lex talionis,“the law of retaliation.” If you kill amember of society, society kills you.On this view, Anthony’s acquittalwasn’t just because, if she did kill
her daughter Caylee, shedid not “pay the penalty”for her actions. Since thisview is so common,many readers at thispoint might say, “There!Question answered. Ishould be pissed aboutCasey’s situation.”
But wait, is lex talionisreally a good idea? Do wereally think that if, forexample, a criminal rapessomeone, that the crimi-
nal should be raped? Should a tor-turer be tortured? American Uni-versity professor of philosophyJeffrey Reiman, by the way, madethis point in “Justice, Civilizationand the Death Penalty.” It’s unlikelythat we actually think that thesepunishments are good ideas, so per-haps justice isn’t as simple as wethought. This point certainly doesnot spell doom for any (modified)retributive theory, but it may makeus wonder if there is another way oflooking at justice.
The gist of the rehabilitationistview is this: exercising justice isabout making us just individuals.Sometimes it’s necessary that wepunish individuals in order forthem to become just. Think, forexample, about a parent disciplin-ing a child. A child may be placed intime-out if he or she takes a toyfrom another child. This act isintended to teach the child not tounjustly take from others. In therehabilitationist view, then, punish-ing criminals out of justice worksthe same way as punishing a childto teach them proper behavior.
I am not sure which of theseviews is correct, but now I am final-ly in a position to say what I’vewanted to say all along: If the reha-bilitationist view of justice is cor-rect, and if Anthony has become ajust person through her experi-ences in jail and in court, then per-haps we can find justice in heracquittal. It is tempting to think sheis an egotistical moral monster, andthere is no chance that these eventshad any influence on her.
But I am almost certain that wedo not know this for certain. We donot have eyes that can peer withperfect perspicacity into a person’spsyche. Only time will tell, but I, forone, would much rather hope thatjustice has been served, and Antho-ny has been transformed into a bet-ter human being than to let thoseinitial feelings of anger and disap-pointment prevail.
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KEVIN DUPREEGuest Columnist
When President JohnF. Kennedy chose to go tothe moon in 1961, theSunshine State instantlybecame the place forspace. Within thatdecade, Florida experi-enced population growth,a technological boom anda major landscapechange. Indeed, the citrusgroves, sandbars andswamps of Melbournewere quickly transformedinto major launch sites — ones thatwould propel humans and theirrockets past the Earth’s atmosphere,onto the moon and toward the stars.
It was Florida’s Space Coast thatfueled the American dream of doingbig things — not because they wereeasy, but because they were hard.But now, as the retirement of thespace shuttle program is before us,we are forced to ask — what’s nextfor human space exploration?
Before we look into the future, weneed to look back into the past. In1958, President Dwight D. Eisenhow-er and the U.S. Congress passed theNational Aeronautics and Space Act.It was the Soviet Union’s successfullaunch of the world’s first man-madesatellite, Sputnik, that enticed theU.S. government to do so. The SpaceAct authorized the creation of theNational Aeronautics and SpaceAdministration, more commonlyknown as NASA.
As we already know, former U.S.astronaut Neil Armstrong took onegiant leap for mankind in 1969,becoming the first man to walk onthe moon. With its moon missionnow accomplished, NASA needed anew project. And with a lack ofdirection came budget cuts, forcingthe Administration to conjure someidea for human space exploration,soon to be known as the space shut-tle.
A spacecraft without a real mis-sion, the shuttle program was anunpopular one from the start.Designed to be a reusable truck thatwould make the business of puttingpeople into orbit on a regular basis,many felt that the shuttle programwould only produce a broader,vaguer — and in many ways —more difficult mode of space flight.
Despite the doubts, NASA con-
tinued the shuttle pro-gram for 39 years, and inthat time we have suc-ceeded in doing almostnothing. Two crews havebeen lost in fatal acci-dents, and an Internation-al Space Station (ISS) hasbeen built, but it circlesthe planet in low-Earthorbit — a distance lackingambition to be blunt. Itshould also be noted thatISS is scheduled to be de-
orbited in 2020. Back in 2003, theshuttle program had been deemed“old, unsafe and costly” by The Econ-omist.
I have no intention of discreditingthe space program’s crews or engi-neers. Nor do I intend to ignore thejobs that will be lost in Florida withthe program’s ending. By contrast, Ifeel that space exploration isextremely important and necessaryfor a strong nation and economy.
I actually grew up right here inOrlando. My dad, a UCF graduate,was once employed near the SpaceCoast. Watching the shuttle launchesfrom my bedroom window was afamily tradition, and hearing thesonic boom when the shuttle landedwas even better. Going to space isthe American way, and if you ask fel-low Americans, they would agreewith me — in fact, the majorities innearly all demographic groups say itis essential that the U.S. continue tobe at the vanguard of space explo-ration.
Exploring the depths of space hasboth scientific and symbolic impor-tance, and if we are to keep movingforward in the space industry, thenwe need to consider privatizingNASA, at least to a point. Undeni-ably, history has shown that Con-gress is not going to pay for innova-tion or entrepreneurship — butcompanies like SpaceX and VirginGalactic will.
We cannot deny that the spaceshuttle’s retirement is going to haveterrible short-term impacts on analready depressed economy andunemployment rate. However, in thelong term, the Sunshine State willremain the place for space. It won’tbe easy, but then again, we’re knownfor doing things because they’rehard.
Keep space alive inthe Sunshine State
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Nice girls finish last;‘queen bees’ get paid
Maybe it’s because women areemotional and prone to irrationaloutbreaks?
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Symbolic bills impedeprogress
Whether or not these bills are
passed or not means nothing, thedebt issue and immigration havenothing to do with symbolic bills,they have to do with a voting blockthat doesn’t educate itself so all theydemand is “lower taxes” or “don’ttake away my medicare!” withoutever thinking about the issue. Thepoliticians that are in there are theones we elect, if you don’t like itvote for people that get stuff done.
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Perfect house for students 4spacious bedrooms on large lot
3 mi from UCF $425 ($525master) inc. all utilities, wireless,cable/HD, etc. 850-449-4217, e-
mail: [email protected].
F grad student renting room of 3/2home in River Park. 3mi from
UCF, 2c garage, sec sys, updatedkitchen w/ new appliances. Rent$495+ utilities. 12mo lease avail
July. Call 954-914-6026.
1,700 sq. ft. Townhouse for rent inAvalon Park avail. 8/1. 3 bd 2.5
bath, New flooring, Garage,Screen Porch, Upgrades, Gated
Community. Close to UCF.$1295/mon. 321-945-3631
Beautiful home, gated comm. 3mi. to UCF. 4/2/2 Avail Aug.
$1700/mo. Lawn, HS internet,cable, phone incl. Call Marlene @
407-895-5514
2 rms avail. in 3/2.5 townhousein gated comm. Close to UCF;
furnished, upgraded decor,security sys. $500/rm/month
incl. util., basic cable andinternet. 954-849-9276
Room for rent, female only. Veryclose to UCF, shopping and
restaurants. Nice community andclean place. $400 per month,
everything included. Call 407-701-8331,
86 Toyota Supra. One Owner,Garage kept, 96,000 miles, Likenew. High Performance Engine.
6,000 OBO. 407-365-8308
$1395 Beautiful 3bed/3bath/2-cargarage Townhouse for Rent.Great for Roommates and in
GREATLOCATION. -- Lynx BusStop to UCF 5 steps from thedoor. Features *Stainless Steel
Appliances *Wash/Dryer Included*Full Bath in all bedrooms * Large
Closets. Call 407-415-5280.
Ashington Park (near UCF). Avail.Aug. 1st. 4 bedroom, 2 1/2 bath, 2car garage. Large backyard with
screened-in pool. $1800/mo. 407-482-8598
1-3 Female Christian non-smokingUniv/Dean home. $450/rm.
Util/cable/internet incl. Yr lease407-628-2267
Ataste for luxury?
Beautiful 3600ft home inChuluota, just 15 mins from
UCF. 4 bed, 3 bath, 3 cargarage. Swimming pool and
built-in BBQ. Kitchen fitted withcustom cabinetry, granite tops,and stainless steel appliances.Available August 1st. $2395/mo
plus sec dep. Pets possible.Furnished by negotiation. (407)
359 3770
2, 3, & 4 bedroom Homes &Townhomes. Minutes from UCF,VCC, 408/417. Starting at $1,[email protected]
www.ForRentNearUCF.comCall/Text 407-760-0768
3/2.5 Townhouse Less than a milefrom UCF. Brand new appliances.Community pool. Avail. Aug 1st. 3/2/2 House Less than two milesfrom UCF. Wonderful lake view.
Avail. Aug. 1st. Call 954-554-1747
Above Water Credit Counseling &Repair. “Get Above Water andStay There!” Affordable and
honest credit repair andcounseling services. Rebuild your
credit to an A+ rating. 321.474.2518
Seeking PT student/s to carefor baby with special needs in
home. Flexible schedule(Fridays, some evenings and
weekends) but needdependable, loving and caring
individuals to assist withchild’s development and
growth. References required,interest in nursing/pediatrics(a bonus), pays $8/hr. Call
407-230-7018 or [email protected](with resume) attn: Christa.
English Bulldog Puppy,AKCRegistered,Up to date Shots,-
wormed, vet checked,get alongwith kids, 12 weeks old. $700.
Contact: [email protected] (407)294-2750
BARTENDERS WANTED.$300 a day potential. No
Experience Necessary. TrainingProvided. Age 18 + OK 800-965-6520 ext. 107
Hunter’s Reserve 2/2 Condo -completely furnished,washer anddryer,screened porch over-lookingpond/fountain,hard wood floors,-ceiling fans. Clubhouse,Pool,-
Tennis Courts,Basketball Courtswithin walking distance of UCFcampus.Quiet,clean and safe.-
Wonderful place to live,convenientto everything!Cable,high speed
internet and utilities included. CallMichele @813-763-5517 if you
have questions.
Unplanned Pregnancy? ConsiderAdoption. Living, Medical &Counseling Expenses Paid.
Private & Confidential. Call Atty.Ellen Kaplan 1-877-341-1309 (FL
Bar #0875228)
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